Photographs from the 2024 Hampshire Chess Congress which was held 1st to 3rd November 2024. Photographs were taken by Graham Stuart and Keven Lamb. Previous years are available from the Gallery page. Results are on Chess Results and LMS. A full report will follow in time, but a summary is included after the photos. Hampshire … Read more
Chandler’s Ford Chess Club was created in the 2015/2016 Chess season, when Eastleigh Railway chess club moved venues. In addition this was really an amalgamation of the original Eastleigh Unity, Eastleigh British Rail and Stoke Social chess clubs. Eastleigh Unity prior to this was Stoneham Park via Cricketers Arms (which was when I joined). Safe … Read more
The Southern Evening Echo had a post of pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years. Pictures of people playing chess in Hampshire through the years | Daily Echo I have duplicated these, with added information where known. The main picture above shows Southampton Chess players Paul Hurn, John Wiseman, Tom Anderson, Kevin … Read more
Photographs from the 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM. The 2024 Southampton Chess League AGM was held Wednesday 19 June 2024 at Chandlers Ford Central Club. The Committee attendees were Malcolm Clarke, Fraser McLeod, Matthew Coldwell & Michael Pope. The SCL Club attendees were Stephen Cartridge (Andover), Peter Beldaus, Jamie Chilton, David Long (Basingstoke), Keven Lamb, … Read more